Moisture collector and filter for pipes or cigar and cigarette holders



April 26, 1932. J. A. ANZELL 1,356,015

MOISTURE COLLECTOR AND FILTER FOR PIPES OR CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS Filed Sept. 15. 1931 INVENTQR cfose z ph fl. Awzel/ AGRNEYS Patented Apr. 26, 1932 "PATENT OFFICE UNITED STATES.

JOSEPH A. ANZELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOISTURE COLLECTOR AND FILTER FOR PIPES OR CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS Application filed September 15, 1931. Serial No. 562,984.

This invention relates to devices used in smokmg and has for an ob ect to provide a moisture collector and filter which may be out, self-contained unit which, when once produced in its commercial form, is capable of being attached to any standard smoking device and when it has served its purpose as a collector and filter may be thrown away in its entirety and the original parts of the smoking device connected together as they were before.

Another object of the invention is to provide the foregoing collector withan inwardly extending tubular portion at one end and with a tubular megnber mounted medially of the opposite end so that parts of it extend both inwardly and outwardly of said end, said tubular portion being mountable on a tubular projecting portion of one element of a smoking device, the outwardly extending part of the tubular member being adapted to fit into the socketed portion of another element of the smoking device, saidelements together when the, collector is not lncorporated therebetween.

Another object is to provide a moisture collector and filter wherein the same is interposed in the length of the holders in such a way as to be removed and thrown away after each use.

A further object of the invention, more specifically, is to provide a moisture collector and filter in a smoking apparatus wherein the moisture is trapped at both ends of the device while the smoke is allowed free passage.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a cigar holder with a device embodying the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing the device applied to a cigarette holder with the parts completely embedded.

of the smoking device being capable of fitting Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing a device embodying the invention applied to a" pipe.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the body of a cigar holder, and 2, the mouthpiece. Ordinarily, these members are fitted together so that the tubular projection 3 will fit into thesocket 4. This will connect the passageways 5 and 6 v in a straight line for permitting the smoke to pass directly from the cigar to the mouth. A smoke filter and moisture collector 7 is positioned between the body 1 and mouthpiece 2 and fits these members with sufficient friction so that the parts will remain together. The device 7 is provided with a tubular section 8 having an end 9 provided with tubular extensions 10 and 11, extension 10 extending into the tubular part 8, thus forming what may be termed an outlet trap. A tubular section 12islidingly fits into the section 8 and engages the samewith sufficient friction to prevent accidental displacement of one part in respect to the other, although in practice the section will be sealed. Tubular section 12 has an end 13 merging into an inwardly extending tube 14 friction-. ally'engaging the tubular extension 3. The a tube 14 actsas an inlet trap for the smoke and moisture so that when the moisture enters the device, it is adapted to drop down by gravity to apoint below the pipes 11 and 14 and consequently cannot pass back through .pipe 11 or cannot pass through pipe 14 and passageway 5 to the cigar.

- Where a fillin 15 of cotton or other fibrous material is use the same acts in a double capacity of a filter for the smoke and means for absorbing and preventing splashing of the moisture. Usually the smoke will pass directly from passageway 5 into the passageway fithrough the cotton 15, while any'moisture passing through the passageway 6 into the device will be caught by the cotton and held against further movement except for a downward movement where gravity acts and also where capillary attraction acts.

After the cigar. has been smokedythe entire device 7 is removed and thrown away and .a new one substituted for the next cigar. This ing the device, the various parts are made tubular extension one of said sections having an auxiliary tufrom paper, celluloid or othertmaterial which will be inexpensive so that after one use the device may be thrown away and another substituted. r

Should it be desired to use the smoking device without the collecting device, the parts of the former may be coupled as originally. it

being important to note that the collecting device does not require any modification of any standard smoking device in order to enable its use in connection therewith.

In Figure 2 which shows the invention used in connection with a cigarette holder, the device 7 is embedded wholly within the body" 16. The mouth piece 17 carries a tubular member 18 which is held in place preferably by friction and which is screwed into the body 16 at 19. The device 7 fits into a socket 20 in the body 6 and the tubular extension 10 fits into the bore 21 of member 18. In this form of the invention, when the cigarette has been consumed, the body 16 is unscrewed from member 18 and then the device 7 removed and disposed of. If desired, however,

7 whereby 3. A combined smoking pipe and moisture collector comprising a pipe body formed with a stem and mouthpiece therefor, the mouthpiece and the stem having interlocking parts consisting of a socketed portion and a tubular projecting portion, and a moisture collector formed at one end withvan inwardly extending tubular portion adapted to fit over said tubular projecting portion, and at the other end with a tubular member extending inwardly and outwardly, the outwardlyextending part of said tubular member being adapted to fit into said socketed portion the collector may be used at one time and removed at another time, and said tubular projecting portion fitted into said socketed portion for presenting an operative pipe.

JOSEPH A. ANZELL.

more than one cigarette could be smoked L without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In Figure 3, a form substantially identical with that shown in Figure 1 is shown, but the device 7 is illustrated in connection with a pipe, thus showing how the device may be used with the pipe as Well as with the cigar or cigarette.

1. A moisture collecting attachment for pipes, cigar and cigarette holders comprising a body formed in two sections, one section fitting in the other, each section having a projectinginto the body,

bular extension projecting outwardly from the section, said tubular extensions having bores extending entirely therethrough, one of said tubular extensions being adapted to receive one supporting said part, said auxiliary extension being formed to fit into the other part of the smoking device;

2. A moisture collecting attachment for smoking devices, comprising a body'consisting of a pair of sections fixedly connected together permanently so as to compose a selfcontained unit, said sections when connected establishing a uniform external contour of the body from end to end, a single tubular extension flush with the outside ofone end and extending into the body from said end, and a double tubular extension carried approximately medially of the other end therey providing portions extending both into and away from the body.

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